MAEPS hospital to start operating soon
January 16, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Integrated hospital near here will start operating on Jan 24 to treat COVID-19 patients in categories three, four and five to be stabilised before they are sent for intensive treatment to the hospital.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the strategy was aimed at treating COVID-19 patients from the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) MAEPS 2.0 categories one and two which suddenly fell into categories three, four and five.
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He said the hospital located in Dewan B would provide the same facilities as in other hospitals such as blood pressure equipment and negative pressure tent with 30 beds for categories three and four while outside the hall a tent for transit Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 10 beds.
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Thursday, 17 Dec 2020 10:41 PM MYT
Pahang recorded an increase in Covid-19 infections especially in Bentong and Kuantan with five active clusters namely the Atabara and Inten Clusters (Indera Mahkota), Kuala Cluster around the city centre, Crystal Cluster (around Sungai Karang Darat) and Padang Cluster (Kampung Padang and Jalan Besar). Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUANTAN, Dec 17 All departments in Kuantan district here are restricted from holding public programmes from tomorrow until December 31, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 through existing clusters in the state.
The Pahang State Disaster Committee in a statement said during the period, counter dealings and transactions involving the public, will be reduced as appointment systems would be used to avoid crowds at any one time.
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